Subramanian Swamy's Plea For Early Hearing On Ram Temple Dismissed By SC

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NEW DELHI, INDIA - JANUARY 9: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy during a seminar on the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya where he asserted that nothing will be done forcibly or against the law, at Delhi Universityâs North Campus, on January 9, 2016 in New Delhi, India. Swamy also claimed that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had supported the temple and asked the Congress to do the same. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

The apex court said the intervener cannot move for early hearing, adding that it would hear the matter once the parties agree for a date.

The apex court had in February permitted Swamy to intervene in the appeals pending in the Ayodhya Ram Mandir title suits in which status quo has been ordered to be maintained.

In his petition, Swamy had earlier urged the apex court to allow the Hindus to rebuild the temple at the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya. He stated that the disputed mosque in Ayodhya could be shifted to some place across river Saryu and the Lord Ram temple be constructed at the disputed site.

In response, the court said that this issue would be listed before the bench, which is already hearing matters regarding the Ram temple-Babri Masjid row.

Swamy had earlier claimed that work on the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya could start before the end of this year and expressed confidence that the apex court's verdict would pave way for the construction of the temple.